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Nov. 18, 1958 N. E. MOXLEY COIN COLLECTING AND RECEIPTING DEVICE FiledJul 7, 1955 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VENTOR NORMAN E. MoxLEY ATTORNEYS Nov.18, 1958 N. E. MOXLEY COIN COLLECTING AND RECEIPTING DEVICE 4Shets-Sheet 2 Filed July '7, 1955 INVENTOR Noam/w E. MOXLEY gg';,, H,:M

ATTORNEYZS N. E. MOXLEY 2,860,754

com COLLECTING AND RECEIPTING DEVICE 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Nov. 18, 1958Filed July 7, 1955 fiM Z M ATTORNEYS Nov. 18, 1958 N. E. MOXLEY COINCOLLECTING AND RECEIPTING DEVICE Filed July '7, 1955 4 Sheets-Sheet 4MEAN INVENTOR NORMAN E. MoxLEY QNN AU' RNEYS United States Patent COINCOLLECTING AND RECEIPTIN G DEVICE Norman E. Moxley, Ellicott City, Md.

Application July 7, 1955, Serial No. 520,423 3 Claims. (Cl. 194-83) Thisinvention relates to a coin operated receipting device, and morespecifically, the invention pertains to a coin collector especiallydesigned to collect small fines such as, for example, trafiic fines, andto receipt the ticket given to the violator by an officer.

The present invention is a continuation-in-part of my copendingapplications Serial No. 410,245, filed February 15, 1954, entitled CoinCollector for Traific Violations; and Serial No. 457,329, filedSeptember 21, 1954, and entitled Coin Collecting and Receipting Device.

My prior applications as well as the present case relate to mechanismswhich are designed to facilitate the collection of minor fines involvingtraffic violations as, for example, over-time parking, or parking in anunauthorized space. In such an instance, a parking ticket is made out byan officer who designates the nature of the violation and gives the sameto the offender. Under the pres ent practice itis necessary for theviolator to make a special trip to the police station to pay the fine.Of course, this normally consumes a considerable amount of time for theviolator and also involves a large amount of bookkeeping by the policedepartment. 'It is a Well known fact that the very inconvenienceinvolved in making a trip to the police department to make such apayment results in delay or failure to pay, in fact, which in turn leadsto a loss of revenue. In the event that the violator delays makingpayment, the original small fine is normally increased, and should thedriver or violator fail to pay the fine he may be forcibly escorted tothe police station which gives rise to unfortunate and strained publicrelationship between the officials of the department and the citizens.

Consequently, one .of the primary objects of this invention is toprovide a fine collecting device and mechanism for receipting, as paid,the ticket issued by an officer in connection with a minor trafiic orother violation.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of the type towhich reference has been made above, such device providing a system forthe payment of traffic violations which includes a ticket which is to befilled in by an officer, the ticket being insertable within a coinoperable machine which will punch the ticket Paid, and simultaneouslytherewith remove a coupon from the ticket for use as a record by thepolice trafiice department, and at the same time leave the punchedportion of the ticket as a receipt for the offender, all of theseobjects being accomplished without the identification of the oflicer tothe violator, while at the same time providing a nonfixable record forthe accounting department of the police department.

A further object of this invention is to provide, in a mechanism of thetype described, means for rejecting coins of the improper denomination.

A still further object of this invention is to provide means in a coinoperated device of the type referred to above effectively preventing theoperation of the device until the proper number of coins have beendeposited therein.

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This invention also contemplates the provision of means in a coinoperated device of the type described above which not only prevents theoperation of the device until the proper number of coins have beendeposited therein, but also impales the inserted ticket to prevent theremoval thereof until the proper number of coins have been inserted intothe device.

As a still further object of this invention, it is proposed to provide acoin collecting device which is so constructed and arranged that it maybe operated by inserting a single coin of a given denomination or aplurality of coins of smaller denomination but equal in value to thelarger coin.

This invention is also directed to the provision of a special ticketadapted for use in a device constructed in accordance with the presentinvention, the ticket serving as notice of a fine, the amount thereof, areceipt for the violator, and a severable coupon to be retained in themachine for the bookkeeping department of the police trafiic department.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a coincollecting and ticket receipting device so constructed as to be readilyplaced in a plurality of stores, garages, filling stations, and othersimilar sites scattered throughout a local area.

This invention contemplates as a still further object thereof theprovision of a device of the type described which is inexpensive tomanufacture, non-complex in construction and assembly, and which ispositive in operation and durable in use.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention willbecomemore evident from a consideration of the following specification whenread in conjunction with the annexed drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a fine collecting and receiptingdevice constructed in accordance with this invention, parts thereofbeing broken away to illustrate the constructional details.

Figure 2 is an end elevational view of the device illustrated in Figure1.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of a modification of the inventionillustrated in Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a front elevational View of the fine collecting andreceipting device constructed in accordance with the modification, partsthereof having been removed and other parts thereof being broken away toillustrate the constructional details of the machine.

Figure 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the device taken on thehorizontal plane of line 55 of Figure 7, looking in the direction of thearrows, the component elements of the device being shown in theirrespective inoperative positions.

Figure 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the device shown inFigure 5, the component elements thereof being illustrated in theiroperative positions.

Figure 7 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of the device illustratedin Figures 5 and 6.

Figure 8 is an enlarged detail cross-sectional view taken on thehorizontal plane of line 8-8of Figure 3, looking in the direction of thearrows.

Figure 9 is a front elevational view of the removable ticket stubstacking element.

Figure 10 is an enlarged perspective view illustrating the constructionof the carriage element.

Figure 11 is a side elevation of a ticket after having been receipted bythe machine, the severed stub being shown in dotted outline.

Referring nowmore specifically to the drawings, reference numeral 20designates, in general, a coin collecting and receipting deviceconstructed in accordance with the present invention. As illustratedtherein, the device 20 is seen to comprise a vertically elongatedsubstantially hollow rectangular casing including a pair of verticallyextending side walls 22, 2 4 integrally connected adjacent theirrespective upper ends by a top wall 26. The lower ends of the side walls22, 24 are outwardly flared at 28, 30, respectively, and are integrallyformed with an enlarged'substantiallyrectangular bottom wall 32.

A substantially horizontally extending shaft 34 is journalled forrotation in spaced aligned openings 36, 38 formed in the side walls 22,24, respectively, and its ends project beyond the remotely positionedside surfaces thereof. One of the projecting ends of the shaft 34receives therein a hub 40 of a crank arm 42 having a knob 44 rotatablymounted thereon by a bolt 46. The hub 40 is fixedly secured to the shaft34 for rotation therewith by means ofthe set screw 48.

The other projecting end of the shaft 34 has fixedly secured thereon forrotation therewith a cam generally indicated by reference numeral 50.The cam is seen to comprise a pair of cam discs 52, 54 held in spaced,substantially parallel relation by means of a plurality of spacedcylindrical pins 56 which are fixedly secured thereto. A collar 58 isinserted into aligned off-center openings formed in the discs 52, 54 andthe latter is then press fitted over the other projecting end of theshaft 34 whereby the collar and discs rotate. therewith.

The pins 56 serve as ratchets for a pawl 60 forming one arm of a bellcrank lever 62 pivotally mounted on the side wall 22 by the screw 64.The other arm 66 is connected with one end of a helicoidal spring 68which has its other end anchored on a pin 70 which projects laterallyfrom the upper end of the side wall 22. The counter-clockwise movementof the bell crank lever 62 is limited by a stop pin 72 disposed in thepath of rotation of the arm 66.

The cam discs 52, 54 are provided with shoulders 74, 76, respectively,to which further reference will be made, and the disc 52 has fixedlysecured thereon a laterally projecting crank pin 78 adjacent thecircumference thereof.

One end of a link 80 is locked on the crank pin 78 by a bearing collar82 while the other end thereof is offset at 84 and has fixedly securedthereto'one end of a laterally oifset pin 86. The projecting end of thepin 86 receives one end of a helicoidal spring 88 which has its otherend mounted on a pin 90 which projects laterally from the flared lowerend portion 28 of the side wall 22.

A cylindrical sleeve 92 is secured to the shaft 34 for rotationtherewith between the side walls 22, 24. The opposite ends of the sleeve92 terminate in cam members 94, 96 positioned adjacent the confrontingsides of the side Walls 22, 24, respectively, and the opposite ends of arod 98 are fixedly'secured to the cams 94, 96 and extends therebetweenwith the longitudinal axis thereof being positioned substantiallyparallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft 34.

A substantially cylindrical rod 100 extends between the side walls 22,24 and its ends are supported therein above theshaft 34. A substantiallyrectangular block 102 having a longitudinally extending oflset bore 104is mounted for rotation on the rod 100, and one end of an elongatedsubstantially rectangular plate 106 is aflixed thereto and dependstherefrom by counter-sunk bolts 108. The lower end of the plate 106 isconstructed with a plurality of openings which receive therethrough thenecked down threaded ends of a plurality of coin sensing pins 110, 112and 114. The pins 110, 112 and 114 are secured on the plate 106 by nuts118, and are of different axial dimensions. Of these pins, pin has thesmallest axial dimension, pin 114 is somewhat longer, and pin 112 hasthelongest axial dimension.

A substantially rectangular face plate is fixedly secured to the sidewalls 22, 24 by bolts 122 and is provided' with a plurality of spacedapertures 124, 126 and 128 which are adapted to register with the pins110, 112 and 114. A substantially rectangular cover plate 130 extendsacross the upper end of the face plate 120 and is'held in spacedrelation relative thereto by a plurality 4 of spacer plates 132, 134,136 and 138 which, when taken together, comprise a guide slot for a coinof large denomination, and the additional spacer plates 140 and 142which coact with the spacers 132 and 138 to define a coin slot for acoin of lesser value. The face plate, cover plate and spacer are securedtogether by rivets 144.

An elongated substantially rectangular block 146 is fixedly secured tothe cover plate 130 by screws 148 and has a horizontal bore 150 formedtherein adjacent the lower end thereof. A substantially U-shaped member152 having a pair of spaced substantially parallel arms 154, 156apertured at 158 and 160, respectively, and a bight 162 is pivotallymounted on the opposite ends of a rod 164 which extends through theapertures 158, and the bore 150.

An elongated substantially rectangular plate 165 has its upper and,together with a horizontally elongated rectangular strip or member 166,fixedly secured to the bight 162 by screws 168. The member 166 has alaterally and inwardly extending portion 170 which extends through anotch 172 formed in the edge of the cover plate 120 intermediate itsends and into a recess 174 formed in the adjacent edge of the side wall22. The portion 170 terminates in an outwardly projecting tongue 176disposed in the path of movement of the shoulders 74, 76.

The lower end of the plurality of apertures 177 which normally arealigned with the apertures 124, 126 and 128.

A leaf spring 178 has one of its ends engaging against the bight 162while the other end to the block 146 by screws 179 constantly biased forpivotal movement in a counterclockwise direction, and the rod 164mounted in the block 146 is held against axial displacement from thebore 150 by means of the set screw 180 and end clips 182.

A pair of substantially rectangular plates 184, 186 are mounted on theside wall 22 by bolts 188 and are held thereof is fixedly secured V inspaced relation relative to each other by upper and lower horizontallyelongated spacer plates 190 and 192, respectively, to form a ticketreceiving channel 194 therebetween.

A vertically elongated, substantially rectangular block 196 is mountedagainst the outer face of the plate 186,

and the plates 184, 186, 190, 192 together with the block 196 aresecured to the side wall 24 by means of the bolts 198.

As is seen in Figures 5, 6 and 7, the plates 184, 186 are provided witha plurality of guide passages 200, 202 so arranged as to spell out theword Paid. The guide passages 200, 202 are adapted to receive forreciprocation therethrough a plurality of elongated cylindrical punches204 having enlarged heads 206 counter-sunk in a substantiallyrectangular mounting plate 208. A backing plate 210 engages against themounting plate 208 to prevent the axial displacement of the punches 204,and the plates 208, 210 are secured together by the reduced threadedends 212 of a pair of cylindrical, vertically spaced elongated smoothsurfaced guide bolts 214 which are'mounted for reciprocation in rollerbearings 216 held against axial displacement by clip rings 218.

Referring now to Figures 5, 6 and 10, a carriage 220 is provided and isseen to comprise a horizontal substantially rectangular central bodyportion 222 from which arises a substantially rectangular flange 224having a pair of laterally spaced openings 226 formed therein, and apair of depending cam follower arms 228, 230 depending from each sidethereof.

As is seen in the drawings, the flange 224 is secured to the upper endsof the plates 208, 216 by bolts 232' which pass therethrough and throughthe openings 226 and are locked against displacement by the nuts Thecentral body portion 222 extends transversely or the sleeve 92 and thecam follower arms 228, 230' are.

positioned in sliding contact with the cams 94 and 96,

plate 165 is provided with awhereby the plate 165 is 5,. respectively,and the cams 94 and 96 are also in engagement with opposite sides of thebacking plate 210.

A substantially rectangular flange 236 is secured to the lower ends ofthe mounting and back plates 208 and 210, respectively, by the bolts 238and nuts 240, and terminates at its upper end in a lip 239 directedinwardly toward the sleeve 92 for engagement therewith between the cams94, 96 to prevent axial shifting of the shaft 34 relative to the sidewalls 22, 24.

The lower end of the plate 184 has fixedly secured thereto a dependingpin 242 to which one end of a helicoidal spring 244 is anchored. Theother end of l the spring is looped at 246 and is secured in an opening248 formed in the lower end of the plate 106 whereby the plate isconstantly biased for movement toward the sleeve 92. p

Referring now more specifically to Figures 7 and 8, it is seen that theside wall 24 is provided with a recess 250 to receive an extension 252of the mounting plate 208 which terminates externally of the side 24 ina vertically extending cross-plate 254. A substantially L-shaped memberhaving a flange 256 integrally formed with a knife blade 258 is fixedlysecured to the cross-plate 254 by bolts 260 and nuts 262. As is seen inthe dotted line construction in Figure l, the flange 256 is recessed at264 and receives therethrough a substantially rectangular block 266which is also secured to the cross-plate 254 by a bolt 268. The block266 is provided with a bore 270 which confronts a tine 272 mounted on asubstantially rectangular plate 274 having enlarged circular openings276 adjacent a side thereof. The openings 276 communicate withvertically extending slots 278 for detachable connection with a pair ofscrews 280 threaded into the block 196. A fixed substantiallyrectangular plate 282 having a knife edge slot 284 aligned with theticket guide passage 194 is fixedly secured to the block 196 by screws286 and is slidably engaged by the knife blade 258.

Coin stop pins 288, 290, 292 and 294 are threaded into the plate 120below the above described coin passages and are adapted to releasablysupport coins intermediate the openings 124, 126, 128 and 174 to serve afunction to be described, and a coin receiving receptacle (not shown) issupported on the base wall 32 below the lower ends of the plates 120 and165.

The device is adapted to be enclosed within a suitable housing 295 withthe crank lever 42 extending exteriorly therefrom, and the housing 295is provided with a slot 296 formed in a side wall 298 thereof to permitthe introduction of a ticket 300 into the ticket passage 194.

The ticket 300 is seen to comprise a substantially T- shaped sheet ofstiff paper having a stem 302 on which is inscribed data identifying theoffense committed and other necessary information to identify theoffender. Corresponding data is placed on the stub 304 which is adaptedto be severed from the stem along the dotted line 306.

The cross-head 308 is wider than the guide passage 194 and serves asstop means to prevent the insertion of the ticket into the passage 194beyond a given point as well as to function as a handle for the ticket.

The pins 290 and 294, are angularly displaced a distance less thanthediameter of a fifty cent piece, and the pins 288 and 290 are arrangedat an angular inclination less than the diameter of a twenty-five centpiece. The pin 292 is set at a distance less than the diameter of atwenty-five cent piece with respect to the nearest point on a quarterresting on the pins 288 and 290.

In operation, let it be assumed that a violation has occurred and thenecessary information has been entered on theticket 300. The recipientof the ticket grasps the cross-head 308 and inserts the stem 302 and thestub 304 through the slot 296 and into the passage 194 until the handlestrikes the side wall 298. .At this time the stub has passed through theknife edged slot 284 and confronts the knife blade 258. The stub 304 isnow positioned between the bore 270 and the tine 272.

The operator then inserts a coin into either of the two above definedcoin receiving passages, and should it be less than a quarter it willpass directly therethrough and will pass between the plates and 165 forcollection in the receptacle 167. The same will occur if a quarter isinserted into the fifty cent coin passage.

Now let it be assumed that a quarter 320 has been inserted into the coinpassage defined by the spacer plates 132, 138, and 142. The coin 320will come to rest on the pins 288, 290. Rotation of the shaft will causethe shoulders 74, 76 to engage the underside of the tongue 176 but willnot permit the pawl 60 to pass behind the ratchet pin 56.

As the shaft 34 was turned under these circumstances the cams 94, 96 androd 98 were also rotated. However, since the cam 50 turned less than 90,the cams 94 and 96 were not turned a sufficient amount to bring theirrespective high sides into engagement with the plate 210 to effect apunching of the ticket 300, and the rod 98 while engaging and pivotingthe plate 106 clockwise did not move the latter a sufficient distance todisplace the coin 320 from the pins 288, 290.

Release of the knob 44 at this point will effect a countenclockwisemovement of the cam 50 under the influence of the spring 88, and theparts assume the positions shown in Figure 5.

If a second quarter 322 be inserted it will come to rest tangentiallyagainst the quarter 320 and pin 292. Now if the shaft 34 is rotated, thepin 114 will engage thereagainst to displace it from the pin 292 andquarter 320 while at the same time the pin 110 displaces the quarter 320from the pins 288, 290.

This displacement takes place as the plate is pivoted clockwise andsimultaneously moves the tongue 176 out of the path of the shoulders 74,76 of the cam 50. As the shaft rotates beyond 90 the high side of thecam 50 engages against the tongue 176 to hold the plate 165 in itselevated position.

Simultaneously with this movement beyond 90, the rod 98 passes out ofengagement with the plate 106, and the latter, under the influence ofthe spring. 234, is moved toward the sleeve 92 to effect disengagementof the pins 110, 114 from the coins. The coins now being released fallinto the receptacle 167. The pin 78 having also passed beyond 90 rotatesto effect a quick turning move ment on the shaft 34, and but slightmanual effort is required, after the pin 78 has passed its lowermostdead center position with respect to the pin 90, to return the handleand its associated elements to their original positions, as isillustrated in Figure 5.

After the coins have been released, the high side of the cam 50 passesthe tongue 1'76 whereby the tension of the leaf spring 178 effects apivotal movement of the plate 165 to move the plate to the positionshown in Figure 5.

As the coin releasing operation takes place, the cams 94,96 are rotatedso that the high sides thereof engage the plate 210 and force thepunches 204 to penetrate the ticket 300. As the same time the block 266advances toward the tine 272 and impales thereon the stub 304 as theknife blade 258 advances thereto and severs the stub 304 from the ticket300. V The high sides of the cams next engage the depending cam followerarms 228, 230 of the carriage causing the plates 208, 210 to move in theopposite direction to release the ticket 300 from the punches 204.

Movement of the plates, 208, 210 in this opposite direction results inthe return of the knife blade 258 and the block 266 to their respectiveoriginal positions with the stub 304 firmly held on the tine 272 behindthe enlarged head 2,73 thereof.

The operator now removes the remaining portion of each side of saidpassage, a mounting the ticket from the device and the machine is readyfor another cycle of operation.

At periodic intervals, an authorized agent collects the coins andremoves the plate 274 together with the impaled stubs from the block 1%and replaces it with another.

In the modification shown in Figures 3 and 4, the de vice 20 isidentical in all respects to the above described embodiment with theexception of the stub severing means, and consequently, elements of themodification finding their counter-parts bear like reference numerals.

In this modification, a flat elongated substantially rectangular knifeblade 400 having a knife edge 462 has one of its ends pivotally mountedon a bolt 4% above the knife slot 284-. The other end thereof isangularly inclined away from the slot 284 towards the cross-plate 254.The cross-plate 254 has mounted thereon by the bolt 4% and nut 410, oneside 4% of an L-shaped angle member 412. The other side 414 of the anglemember 412 extends toward the blade 4titl and is provided with avertical elongated slot 416 in which is slidably received a screw 418threaded into the lower end of the blade 4%.

Thus as the cross-plate 254- is actuated, the blade 400 swings acrossthe knife slot 284 and severs the stub 304 which is impinged on the tine2'72, as before.

Having described and illustrated two embodiments of this invention indetail, it will be understood that they are offered merely by way ofexample, and that the invention is to be limited only by the scope ofthe appended claims.

What we claimed is:

l. A coin operated ticket receipting device for a ticket having a stubportion, said device comprising a substantially hollow rectangularhousing having a pair of opposed open ends, a coin receiving membermounted on said housing and extending across an end thereof, a pluralityof coin sensing elements mounted in said housing for relative movementtoward and away from said coin receiving member, a ticket receivingcasing having a ticket guide passage therethrough, means fixedlysecuring said ticket receiving casing on said housing, said ticketreceiving casing extending across the open side of said housing, saidticket receiving casing having a plurality of spaced aligned aperturesextending transversely therethrough on plate, said mounting plate havinga plurality of spaced elongated punches loosely mounted thereon andprojecting laterally there from, a backing plate for said mountingplate, said backing plate being adapted to extend across one of therespective ends of said punches to prevent displacement thereof fromsaid mounting plate, means mounting said mounting and backing plate forreciprocation on said ticket receiving casing with said punches slidablyengaging within said aligned apertures, cam means mounted in saidhousing, said cam means being rotatable to effect reciprocation of saidbacking and mounting plates and to effect actuation of said coin sensingelements,-a knife blade mounted on said housing, said knife blade beingdisposed substantially adjacent said guide passage, a second knife bladefixedly secured to said mounting plate for reciprocal movement towardand away from said first knife blade to effect a shearing action of saidstub from said ticket, and means operable to prevent movement of saidpunches if said sensing elements fail to encounter coins in said coinreceiving member.

2. A coin operated ticket receipting device for a ticket having a stubcomprising an elongated substantially hol low rectangular housing havinga pair of opposed open ends and a pair of spaced substantially parallelside walls, a top wall integrally connected the upper ends of said sidewalls, a bottom wall integrally connecting the lower ends of said sidewalls, a face plate fixedly secured to said housing and extending acrossone of said open ends thereof, a cover plate fixedly secured to saidfaceplate in spaced relation relative thereto, coin guide means disposed8" betw'cen said face and cover plate, a coin retaining plate pivotallymounted on said cover plate and extending over a portion of said faceplate, said coin retainingplate and said face plate having-a pluralityof spaced aligned aper-. tures extending transversely therethrough, aplurality of coin supporting pins fixedly secured to said face plateand; normally holding said coin retaining plate relatively spacedtherefrom, means normally biasing said coin retaining plate for pivotalmovement towards said face plate, an elongated substantially rectangularstrip of material fixedly connected to said coin retaining plate andprojecting laterally beyond one of said side walls, a shaft mounted andsupported for rotation in said side walls and having end projectionstherebeyond,, a cam mounted on the shaft projection adjacent said oneside wall, said cam having a plurality of circumferentially spacedratchet members mounted thereon and a radially extending shoulder, saidstrip having its said projection normally disposed in the path ofmovement of said. shoulder, pawl means pivotally mounted on said oneside wall, means constantly tending to urge said pawl into engagementwith said ratchet members, means connected on said housing and fixed tosaid cam, said last named means first biasing said shaft againstrotation in one direction and secondly adding its force to the turningmovement of said shaft, a handle fixedly secured to the other projectingend of said shaft, a sleeve fixedly mounted for rotation on said shaftand disposed within said housing, said sleeve having a cam on each endthereof positioned adjacent said side walls, a pair of substantiallyrectangular plates, a spacer plate interposed between said pair ofplatesat a pair of opposed sides thereof to form a substantiallyrectangular ticket guide passage having opposed open ends, said spacerand pair of plates being fixedly secured to said housing and extendingacross the other open end thereof, said pair of plates having aplurality of spaced aligned transversely extending apertures formedtherein on each side of said passage, a mounting plate having aplurality of punches loosely mounted thereon, a backing plate juxtaposedagainst said mounting plate to prevent displacement of said punchestherefrom, means supporting said mounting plate, said backing plate andsaid punches for reciprocation on said pair of plates with said punchesbeing slidably disposed in said apertures formed in said pair of plates,a carriage fixedly secured to said mounting and backing plates andhaving a pair of laterally oifset arms, said arms and said backingplateengaging opposite sides of said cams formed with said sleeve toeffect a reciprocation of said punches, a rod mounted on said housingwith its axis substantially parallel to the axis of said shaft, aplatepivotally mounted on said rod, means constantly biasing the freeend of said last named plate for movement towards said shaft, aplurality of pins mounted on said plate adapted for movement with saidplate toward said face and coin retaining plates to sense coins retainedtherebetween, a rod mounted on and supported by said cams formed withsaid sleeve, said last named rod being adapted to engage said last namedplate upon rotation of said shaft to effect movement of said last namedplate towards said face and coin retaining plates, a knife blade fixedlysecured to said pair of plates adjacent one end and side of saidpassage, a tine fixedly secured to said pair of plates adjacent said oneend and said one side of said passage, a knife blade fixedly secured onsaid mounting plate adjacent the other side of said one end ofsaidpassage and confronting said first knife blade, a block having abore fixedly secured to said mounting plate withsaid bore confrontingsaid tine, and said shaft upon rotation effecting releaseof said coinsand reciprocation of said punches across saidpassage to penetrate saidticket and to sever said'stub'thereof projecting from said one end ofsaid passage to impale the same on said tine.

3. A coinoperated ticket receiptin g device for a ticket having a stubggmprising a housing having a pair of opposed open ends, a face platefixedly secured to said housing and extending across one of said openends thereof, a cover plate fixedly secured to said face plate in spacedrelation relative thereto, coin guide means disposed between said faceand cover plates, a coin retaining plate pivotally mounted on said coverplate and extending over a portion of said face plate, said coinretaining plate and said face plate having a plurality of spaced alignedapertures extending transversely therethrough, a plurality of coinsupporting pins fixedly secured to said face plate and normally holdingsaid coin retaining plate relatively spaced therefrom, means normallybiasing said coin retaining plate for pivotal movement towards said faceplate, an elongated substantially rectangular strip of material fixedlyconnected to said coin retaining plate and projecting laterally beyondsaid housing, a shaft mounted for rotation in said housing and havingprojections extending beyond opposite sides thereof, a cam mounted onone of said shaft projections adjacent one side of said housing, saidcam having a plurality of circumferentially spaced ratchet membersmounted thereon and a radially extending shoulder, said strip having itssaid projection normally disposed in the path of movement of saidshoulder, pawls means pivotally mounted on said housing, meansconstantly tending to urge said pawl into engagement with said ratchetmembers, means mounted on said housing and connected with said cam, saidlast named means first biasing said shaft against rotation in onedirection and secondly adding its force to the turning movement of saidshaft, a handle fixedly secured to the other projecting end of saidshaft, a sleeve fixedly mounted for rotation on said shaft and disposedwithin said housing, said sleeve having a cam on each end thereofpositioned adjacent said sides of said housing, a pair of substantiallyrectangular plates, a spacer plate interposed between said pair ofrectangular plates adjacent a pair of opposed sides thereof to form asubstantially rectangular ticket guide passage having opposed open ends,said spacer plate and pair of rectangular plates being fixedly securedto said housing and extending across the other open end thereof, saidpair of rectangular plates having a plurality of spaced alignedtransversely extending apertures formed therein on each side of saidpassage, a mounting plate having a plurality of punches loosely mountedthereon, a backing 10 1 plate juxtaposed against said mounting plate toprevent displacement of said punches therefrom, means support ing saidmounting plate, said backing plate and punches for reciprocation on saidpair of rectangular plates with said punches being slidably disposed insaid apertures formed in said pair of rectangular plates, a carriagefixedly secured to said mounting and backing plates and having a pair oflaterally offset arms, said arms and said backing plate engagingopposite sides of said cams formed with said sleeve to effect areciprocation of said punches, a rod mounted on said housing with itsaxis substantially parallel to the axis of said shaft, a plate pivotallymounted on said rod, means constantly biasing the free end of said lastnamed plate for movement toward said shaft, a plurality of coin sensingpins mounted on said last named plate and adapted for movement towardssaid face and coin retaining plates to sense coins retained therebetween, a rod mounted on and supported by said cams formed with saidsleeve, said last named rod being adapted to engage said last namedplate upon rotation of said shaft to effect movement of said last namedplate towards said face and coin retaining plates, a knife blade fixedlysecured to said pair of rectangular plates adjacent one end and side ofsaid passage, a tine fixedly secured to said pair of rectangular platesadjacent said one end of said passage, a knife blade mounted on saidmounting plate adjacent the other side of said one end of said passageand confronting said first knife blade, a block having a bore fixedlysecured to said mounting plate with said bore confronting said tine, andsaid shaft upon rotation effecting release of said coins andreciprocation of said punches across said passage to penetrate saidticket and to sever said stub thereof projecting from said one end ofsaid passage to impale the same on said tine.

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